Religious Objections. Any employee who is a member of a bonafide religion, body, or sect which has historically held conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting public employee organizations shall not be required to join or financially support the organization. Such employee shall, in lieu of periodic dues or agency shop fees, pay sums equal to said amounts to a non-religious, non-labor charitable fund exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, which has been selected by the employee from a list of such funds designated by the City and the Association in a separate agreement. Such payments shall be made by payroll deduction as a condition of continued exemption from the requirements of financial support to the Association and as a condition of continued employment.
Religious Objections. An employee who is a member of a bona fide religion, body, or sect which has historically held conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting public employee organizations, shall not be required to join or financially support the Union. Such employee shall, in lieu of periodic dues or Fair Share Fees, pay sums equal to Agency Shop Fees to a non-religious, and non-labor charitable fund exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code. Such sums shall be paid through payroll deduction to eligible charitable agencies available through the Los Angeles County Charitable Giving Program.
Religious Objections. The Parties agree that Section 17 of the Labour Relations Code of British Columbia, or any equivalent successor legislation, shall govern any disputes which arise because a person, on religious grounds, refuses to pay to the Union any of the initiation fees, dues or other assessments otherwise prescribed by this Article.
Religious Objections. (a) Rights of non-association of employees based on bona fide religious tenets or teachings of a church or religious body of which such employees are members shall be protected. Religious objectors shall pay an amount equivalent to regular union dues to a nonreligious charity, or to another charitable organization mutually agreed upon by the employee affected and the Association, in accordance with the applicable procedures in ORS 243.666. Such employees shall furnish written proof to the Association and the University, as specified below, that this has been done, if appropriate.
(b) Religious objection to dues payments must be made in writing to the President of the Association. The objector must submit, in two copies, an affidavit in the form displayed in Appendix A of this Agreement. Upon receipt of this affidavit, the President of the Association shall forward, within ten (10) days, one copy of it to the Office of Human Resources. From the date of receipt of the affidavit, the University shall continue to deduct the equivalent of dues payments, but shall make payments through the University Foundation to the Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Scholarship (Account #0000000), another restricted scholarship account specified by the objector, or another nonreligious charity mutually agreeable to the employee and the Association.
(c) Conscientious objectors of record as of October 1, 2010 shall be considered religious objectors and have appropriate payments continue in accordance with this Section.
Religious Objections. An employee who is a member of a bona fide religion, body, or sect who has historically held conscientious objections to join or financially supporting public employee organizations, shall not be required to join or financially support the Union. Such employee shall, in lieu of periodic dues or Fair Share Fees, pay sums equal to Agency Shop Fees to a non-religious, and non-labor charitable fund exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code. Such funds shall be collected through payroll deduction and remitted to the Union. The Union shall forward such funds to eligible charitable agencies available through the Los Angeles County Charitable Giving Program.
Religious Objections. An employee, who is a member of a bona fide religion, body, or sect which has historically held conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting public employee organizations, shall not be required to join or financially support the Union. Such employee shall, in lieu of periodic dues or Fair Share Fees, pay sums equal to Agency Shop Fees to a non-religious, and non-labor charitable fund exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code.
Religious Objections. The Association has the sole right to verify that a bargaining unit member qualifies for a religious exemption from the obligation to pay fees. Any bargaining unit member who is a member of a religious body whose traditional tenets or teachings include objection to joining or financially supporting employee organizations shall not be required to join or financially support CSEA. Such bargaining unit member shall pay sums equal to the service fee to one of the following non-religious, non- labor organizations, charitable funds exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) or Title 26 of the Internal Revenue Code:
1. United Way, Tulare County
2. American Cancer Society
3. Tulare County Office of Education Foundation Any bargaining unit member making payments as set forth in this section, who requests the grievance or arbitration provisions of this Agreement, shall be responsible for paying the reasonable cost of using said grievance or arbitration procedures.
Religious Objections. Any employee covered by this Agreement who is a member of a religious body whose traditional tenets or teachings include objections to joining or financially supporting employee organizations, shall not be required to join, maintain membership or financially support any employee organization as provided for in this Article, except that once such employee has submitted evidence to CSEA which proves that he/she sincerely holds such beliefs, he/she shall be required in lieu of a service fee to pay sums equal to such service fee to a non-religious, non-labor organization, charitable fund exempt from taxation under Section 501 (c) (30 of Title 26 of the Internal Revenue Code), chosen by such employee from the following list of three:
a. United Way
b. C.A.S.A. (Center Against Sexual Assault) c Xxxxxx Animal Shelter Evidence that such an employee belongs to a religious body described herein shall, within thirty (30) days of the date of this Agreement, or their employment, present proof to CSEA that they are a member of such religious body and shall execute a written authorization for the payroll deduction in an amount equal to the service fee payable to one of the three organizations listed above, or in the alternative, such employee shall provide proof to the District that such payments have been made on an annual basis as a condition of continued exemption from the requirement of financial support to the exclusive representative. If such employee who holds religious objections pursuant to this Section requests the employee organization to use the grievance procedure or arbitration procedure on the employee’s behalf, the employee organization is authorized to charge the employee for the reasonable cost of using such procedure.
Religious Objections. Any individual employee who objects to a payment-in-lieu-of-dues on bona fide religious tenets or teachings of a church or religious body of which such employee is a member shall inform the County and the Association of the objection. The employee will meet with the representatives of the Association and establish a mutually satisfactory arrangements for distribution of a contribution of an amount of money equivalent to regular Association membership dues, initiation fees, and assessments, if any, to a non-religious charity or to another charitable organization mutually agreed upon by the employee and the Association. The employee shall furnish written proof to the County that such has been accomplished, as appropriate.
Religious Objections. In the event that the representation fee is regarded by an employee as a violation of his/her right to non-Association, such objection shall be resolved according to the provisions of RCW 41.59.100, as administered by the Public Employment Relations Commission.
